aftergrass

Definitions

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“For the ordinarie times of foddring your fat cattell […] if they féede abroad, and take⟳ the benefit of Foggs and after-grasse, then to fodder them Morning, Euening, and high-noone is fully sufficient.”

“This recess, towards the close⟳ of September, when the after-grass of the meadows is still of a fresh green, with the leaves of many of the trees faded, but perhaps none fallen, is truly enchanting.”

“The cool silk of aftergrass under her bare feet”

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